PLATE NO. 6 
Prirqtila Obcopica Hybrids. 
GREATEST OF ALL NEW POT PLANTS. 
These are new large-flowering Obconicas of various col¬ 
ors, as large and fine as Primula Sinensis. The old white 
variety is well known, but these new colors and larger 
flowers are among the very best novelties this year. Colors, 
pink, violet, blush, rose, lilac, white, etc. Yery charming 
flowers, being borne in large trusses, and at all times of the 
year in great profusion. When we introduced these fine 
Primulas last year people could not realize what a treasure 
they are, but now they are better known the demand for 
them is something phenomenal. They bloom very quickly 
from seed, and the large showy blossoms are borne continu¬ 
ally for a year, and when we realize that these flowers are as 
large as P. Sinensis, and almost as varied in colors, their 
great value is at once apparent. Plants very vigorous and 
easily grown as a Geranium. 
Seed— All Colors Mixed, 15c. per pkt.; 3 pkts., 30c. 
Plants— Pine healthy stock, ready to bloom, 20c. each 
Priiqdla Forbesi. 
(Baby Primrose.) 
Plant is exceedingly graceful and ornamental, with slender 
flower-stalks rising above the light green leaves, and bear¬ 
ing many dainty-colored flowers with yellow center. New 
flower stems are constantly appearing as fast as the old 
ones fade, and the same plant is always in bloom. The 
foliage grows in a tufty, compact mass, while the graceful 
flower stems reach high above it. Yery hardy and easily 
grown in window gardens and apartments. Beautiful for 
cutting. One of the most charming pot plants grown. 
Seed, loc. per pkt.; plants, 15c. each; 3 for 35c. 
Frinjiila Sir^eijsis. 
Ask any florist you will for a list of good house plants, 
and one of the very first plants he mentions will be the 
Primula. Everyone counts them as one of the “ must 
haves ” of winter bloomers, and with good reason. Easy to 
grow, pretty in leaf, handsome in flower, and continuously 
in bloom for months at a time. These merits alone would 
earn it a place in every window, but when we add that it is 
one of the plants never attacked by insects, and that it will 
blossom in a sunless window, where a Geranium qr Helio¬ 
trope would never show a bud, it is clear that the smallest 
collection would never be complete without it. Young, 
vigorous plants are always the best, and are easily grown if 
the seed is sown on light, porous soil, underlaid with char¬ 
coal, and kept moist, but not wet, until the seeds germinate, 
which will'be in about two weeks. Give 1 young plants plenty 
of air and plunge pots in the summer in cool, shady places. 
In potting see that the soil at rim of pot is lower than in the 
center, as water standing on the crown rots them. In the 
house they will stand plenty of light, but not hot sun. Our 
seed is saved from the choicest strains and can be relied up¬ 
on to produce the largest flowers and finest colors. Pkt. 
Mixed —Yery good; from a fine collection.10 
Fimbriata Filieifolia —Mixed (fern-leaved); beautiful 
cut-leaved foliage.20 
Fimbriata Clobosa— Mixed colors; this is a new strain 
of Fimbriata, with unusually large flowers of great 
substance, and colors very clear and pleasing, such as 
pure white with large lemon eye, deep red, carmine, 
steel blue, white, and pink, striped, flaked with other 
colors, etc. Extra fine for pot culture.20 
Fimbriata Crimson— Immense large fimbriated flowers 
of a deep bright crimson color.15 
nbriata Cristata Hybrids— Fine new hybrid strain, 
with crisped foliage, and producing a great diversity of 
colors, from white to deep crimson.15 
Fimbriata, fl. pi., Double, Mixed Colors —The double 
Primulas are among the choicest of all window plants, 
and the admiration of all who see them. The seed we 
offer is the choicest to be had, and will produce a large 
per cent, of plants showing magnificent double blos¬ 
soms...25 
